Thursday, October 6, 2005

WHEN IS A DAY OFF NOT A DAY OFF?

When you work in the bar business, that's when. Being in the business, there are the usual things that take place on a daily basis; deliveries, repairs, meetings with vendors, emergencies, etc. It's the nature of the beast. So while you do the work, handle being pulled from all sides and keep the ship floating, not to mention running up and down the stairs whenever a problem arises, you treasure those spare moments when you actually get time for yourself.

Yesterday was one of those days that in theory, should have been a brief, but treasured respite from the day to day pace. However, as Murphy's Law dictates, anything that can go wrong, usually does. The day started off innocently enough as I tore through my morning errands, looking forward to having some time to myself in the afternoon. Alas, it was not to be... things didn't work out quite like I wanted, as things out of your control usually does. Some places were closed due to the Jewish holidays; other places didn't have the things I needed, etc. etc. etc... So I hardly got a chance to make a dent on my to-do list.

At least I had the evening to look forward to. Hockey was back and I was looking forward to catching some long-overdue NHL action; thanks to the technology of digital cable (mental note- we need to get that for the bar asap), I was able to be overwhelmed by the free preview of NHL CENTER ICE, which gave out free access to EVERY NHL GAME! I was like an old man in a porn palace. And if that wasn't enough to make me happy, I was expecting some company from a rather nice young lady, for some "consultation"...... Can it get any better than that?

Apparently not. I got called down to the bar a couple of times to meet some people and handle some quick bar stuff; By the time I finished that, my "friend" arrived and we settled down to relax.....only to find myself awakening a couple of hours later due to the sounds of my snoring.... And a note from my "friend", apologizing for... ahem...boring me to sleep. Sarcastic little tart. The last thing I could remember, we were lying on the bed with the hockey game on, having a conversation....then next thing you know, it's 12:30am and my "friend" is long gone. And worse off, I slept through the whole game. WTF...

I called my "friend" to apologize, but got her voicemail instead. Damn...

Thursday, and that means that we are reaching the end of the week and the long holiday weekend. Tonight we have $4 Coronas/ Michelob Light, Sangria and Frozen Margaritas after 5pm. Catch some playoff baseball as well as some NHL hockey action. Hopefully i'll stay awake for the Rangers game this time....

NUFF SAID